Thenuka Karunaratne

Thenuka Karunaratne is a tech entrepreneur based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently the Founder and CEO of two companies: Flixed and daydream.1

Professional Experience

Thenuka founded Flixed in June 2020, a company that helps consumers make smart streaming decisions.1 In September 2023, he also launched daydream, a startup focused on automating programmatic SEO from end-to-end.1

Prior to his current ventures, Thenuka's experience includes:

• Entrepreneur in Residence at Hustle Fund (June 2022 - May 2023)
• Chief of Staff to the COO and Growth Advisor at Pango (May 2019 - June 2020)
• Founder and CEO of AdMark Technologies Ltd. (September 2015 - April 2020)1

Education and Skills

Thenuka attended The University of British Columbia.1 He is multilingual, with native proficiency in English, limited working proficiency in Sinhalese, and elementary proficiency in Mandarin.1

Recent Activities

Thenuka has been actively sharing insights on LinkedIn about various topics:

• The future of SEO and programmatic SEO34
• His journey to success and the role of privilege5
• The impact of working with a writing coach5

Interesting Note

Thenuka has a unique line at the top of his LinkedIn biography that states, "If you are a VC, please do not cold email me or cold LinkedIn message me."2 This suggests he prefers more formal or introduced connections with venture capitalists.